Malaysia’s First Barcraft by Stashden!

Barcraft

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What do you get when you mix a bar and Starcraft? You get Barcraft! Organised by local e-Sports enthusiasts Stashden, powered by BenQ and with some goodies from i-Rocks, the first ever Barcraft was held in The Kitchen@Club Victoria, Kuala Lumpur.

The Barcraft event was held in conjunction with the WCS Season 1 Korea finals, shown live via GOMTV.net in Club Victoria. Prior to the WCS telecast, Malaysian Starcraft 2 veterans, JohnRambo and Cobo took the stage for an exhibition match, with Cobo winning the match. Other Starcraft 2 veterans such as Renson, FatHuntress and Rizen were also present to show their support for the event with the latter having a go against the organiser in a Starcraft 2 best-of-3 match, after the telecast.

The WCS finals saw Korean heavyweights Woongjin_Soulkey (Zerg) and STX_INnoVation (Terran) battle it out in an exciting and epic match up.

STX_INnoVation with an early rush (or, to some… a cheese) and extreme levels of unit micro, built up momentum through-out the first three rounds, giving him an early lead of 3-0. Woongjin_Soulkey made several mistakes, particularly during scouting and combat, which made his battles almost completely one-sided, to the advantage of STX_INnoVation. Despite STX_INnoVation‘s better micro skills however, he began losing his advantage when the game entered the macro stages – losing out on tech and unit count. Woongjin_Soulkey made an epic comeback, derailing  STX_INnoVation‘s momentum with his better macro game play, earning him a hard fought and well earned 4-3 victory.

Check out the match at this video link.

For more information on future Barcraft events or the organizers of the event, check out  Stashden.

More information on WCS.

Brian Chan
Former Lecturer. Gamer. Idea Generator. Tournament Organizer. Loves Kairosoft games. Lived in a box twice in Recettear. Never turns down a Catan challenge. Cheats in Monopoly. Broke Skyrim. Sucks at Dance Central. Plays a fem Shep. Heavy bow-gunner in MH3p. Completed Persona 2 Portable 4 times. Well, he's just too damn free.